Daily Question – 68

Visual 1 shows Tom Cruise on the sets of ‘Tropic Thunder’, shooting for his much-hyped role as a fat, bald studio chief. The title of the movie is a play on ‘Tropic Lightning’, the nickname of the 25th Infantry Division which saw action during the Vietnam War, and the insignia of which is seen in Visual 2.

1.Photo of Tom Cruise in a fat suit for film “Tropic Thunder”.
2.US 25th Infantry Division Artillery insignia nicknamed “Tropic Lightning” and the title of the film is a play on the words “Tropic Lightning”

The connect is the movie Tropic Thunder staring Tom Cruise as a baldy in a fat suit, with Rob Downey Jr, Ben Stiller and Jack Black in the main roles. Cruise acted in “Born on the 4th of July” in ’89 so I am guessing the second visual has something to do with an American Regiment in Vietnam.

Tropic Thunder and Tropic Lightning. The first is Tom Cruise in the movie Tropic Thunder, the name is taken from the 25th Infantry division of the US army which was nicknamed Tropic Lightning, the badge of which is featured in the second pic.

The first pic shows Tom cruise in a fat suit on the sets of the new movie “Tropic Thunder” which is about a group of actors in what they think is a war movie about Vietnam. And “Tropic Thunder” (the title) was a take off on a real-life battalion of the US Army whose nickname was “Tropic Lightning”.

Tom Cruise and Tropic Thunder I guess. Connection might be that he acts in it, and that the part was kept majorly in secret. Or Sumner Redstone, the head of Paramount whom Tommy is truing kiss and make up with using that sexy naughty fatsuit.. lots of stuff. Whatchoo want?

Tom Cruise playing movie mogul Les Grossman in ‘Tropic Thunder’. The title is a play on “Tropic Lightning,” nickname of the 25th Infantry Division which did see action in Vietnam, whose shoulder sleeve insignia is the second visual.